Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,163M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€368M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,479M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,359M
GVA — construction (F)
€500M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,007M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,208M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,469M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€26,527M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,111M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€47M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,664M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,146M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
108,500
Self-employed persons
14,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
50.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.1%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
891
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
327
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
171
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
153,919
Population aged 65+
77,450
Population aged under 15
41,258
Median age of population
49.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
77.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.73
Population density (persons per km²)
45 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
500 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,070 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
63 /M